What's Required Extended School Year (ESY) services is an individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that is provided beyond the regular school year. The need for ESY services must be determined on an individual basis by the admission, review, and dismissal/individualized education program (ARD/IEP) committee. The individualized education program (IEP) developed for ESY services must include goals, and objectives as appropriate.
The provision of ESY services is limited to the educational needs of the student and must not supplant or limit the responsibility of other public agencies to continue to provide care and treatment services pursuant to policy or practice, even when those services are similar to, or the same as, the services addressed in the student's IEP (19 TAC 89.1065(8))
The need for ESY services must be documented from formal or informal evaluations provided by the district or the parents. If a student requires a significant amount of time to recoup acquired critical skills, then the ARD/IEP committee must discuss whether the student needs extended educational or related services during school breaks. If the loss of acquired critical skills would be particularly severe or substantial, or if such loss results, or reasonably may be expected to result, in immediate physical harm to the student or to others, ESY services may be justified without consideration of the period of time for recoupment of such skills.
What We Do To maintain identified critical skills for students with disabilities, HISD will ensure ESY services are available, as necessary, to provide a free, appropriate public education. ESY services are:
determined by the student’s ARD/IEP committee. Services are student-need driven and include a variety of options. ESY services goals and activities are reflected in the student’s current IEP.
not limited to particular categories of disability. District information reflects that all disability categories are considered for ESY services. Consideration is by individual student need.
not unilaterally limited as to the type, amount, or duration. Consideration of service delivery includes community options and services.
Transportation, as a related service, is considered and offered to students with disabilities who need this service to benefit from ESY services.
The ARD/IEP Committee uses a variety of factors, to determine if a student will receive ESY services. When the ARD/IEP Committee has reason to believe a student may suffer severe skill regression and require extensive time to recoup these lost skills, ESY services may be recommended.
Severe regression refers to severe or substantial loss of critical developmental skills. Extensive recoupment refers to an unusually long period of time (i.e., more than eight weeks) to relearn previously mastered skills to the point that the student is prevented from receiving an appropriate education.
Although regression and recoupment are major factors used to determine the need for ESY services, the ARD/IEP committee should also consider the following factors:
Degree of progress
Emerging skills (breakthrough opportunities)
Interfering behavior(s)
Nature and/or severity of disability
Special circumstances
Additionally, ARD/IEP committees consider the student’s progress toward IEP goals, and objectives as appropriate, parent, student, and teacher input including related service providers, and assessment/evaluation data when reviewing the student’s IEP.
It is important to note that ESY services are not provided simply for recreational reasons, parental requests, or because the student would acquire some benefit from them or may potentially gain new skills. Instead, these services are provided in order to maintain previously acquired skills. Such services are also available throughout the summer and during extended breaks in instruction, as identified by the ARD/IEP committee. Forms
What's Required
Extended School Year (ESY) services is an individualized instructional program for eligible students with disabilities that is provided beyond the regular school year. The need for ESY services must be determined on an individual basis by the admission, review, and dismissal/individualized education program (ARD/IEP) committee. The individualized education program (IEP) developed for ESY services must include goals, and objectives as appropriate.
The provision of ESY services is limited to the educational needs of the student and must not supplant or limit the responsibility of other public agencies to continue to provide care and treatment services pursuant to policy or practice, even when those services are similar to, or the same as, the services addressed in the student's IEP (19 TAC 89.1065(8))
The need for ESY services must be documented from formal or informal evaluations provided by the district or the parents. If a student requires a significant amount of time to recoup acquired critical skills, then the ARD/IEP committee must discuss whether the student needs extended educational or related services during school breaks. If the loss of acquired critical skills would be particularly severe or substantial, or if such loss results, or reasonably may be expected to result, in immediate physical harm to the student or to others, ESY services may be justified without consideration of the period of time for recoupment of such skills.
What We Do
To maintain identified critical skills for students with disabilities, HISD will ensure ESY services are available, as necessary, to provide a free, appropriate public education. ESY services are:
Transportation, as a related service, is considered and offered to students with disabilities who need this service to benefit from ESY services.
The ARD/IEP Committee uses a variety of factors, to determine if a student will receive ESY services. When the ARD/IEP Committee has reason to believe a student may suffer severe skill regression and require extensive time to recoup these lost skills, ESY services may be recommended.
Severe regression refers to severe or substantial loss of critical developmental skills. Extensive recoupment refers to an unusually long period of time (i.e., more than eight weeks) to relearn previously mastered skills to the point that the student is prevented from receiving an appropriate education.
Although regression and recoupment are major factors used to determine the need for ESY services, the ARD/IEP committee should also consider the following factors:
Additionally, ARD/IEP committees consider the student’s progress toward IEP goals, and objectives as appropriate, parent, student, and teacher input including related service providers, and assessment/evaluation data when reviewing the student’s IEP.
It is important to note that ESY services are not provided simply for recreational reasons, parental requests, or because the student would acquire some benefit from them or may potentially gain new skills. Instead, these services are provided in order to maintain previously acquired skills. Such services are also available throughout the summer and during extended breaks in instruction, as identified by the ARD/IEP committee.
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